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- pronunciation:
- hae
ro
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a farm implement that has spikes or vertical disks mounted on a heavy frame and is used to break up and level plowed ground.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
harrows, harrowing, harrowed |
| definition 1: |
to go over or break up (soil) with a harrow.
The farmer spent several days harrowing his fields. |
| definition 2: |
to afflict or distress deeply.
The fire at the school harrowed the whole community.
- similar words:
- distress, outrage, plague, rack, torment, wrench
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| related words: |
cultivate, tear, wring |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
of soil or land, to become crumbled or leveled by harrowing.
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| derivations: |
harrowingly (adv.), harrower (n.) |
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